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EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule
Common renovation activities like sanding, cutting, and demolition can create hazardous lead dust and chips by disturbing lead-based paint, which can be harmful to adults and children.
To protect against this risk, on April 22, 2008, EPA issued a rule requiring the use of lead-safe practices and other actions aimed at preventing lead poisoning. Under the [...]
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GROUNDWATER VS. GROUND WATER
Everyone knows that “groundwater” is water that exists beneath the surface of the Earth in soils, porous geologic materials, and aquifers. What many people are not aware of is the debate that a raged for years within the environmental consulting arena. Finally the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has settled this issue once and for [...]
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EPA’s Rule For “All Appropriate Inquiry” for Commercial Property Transactions
On November 1, 2006 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s much-anticipated “All Appropriate Inquiries” rule establishing mandatory requirements for assessing commercial real estate for environmental contamination became effective. An environmental investigation known as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is the minimum level environmental “due diligence” for any buyer, investor, or lender of commercial real estate [...]
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Professional Environmental Services
Welcome to our website. Many of you may be unfamiliar with Davis Environmental Sciences so please allow me to introduce myself and Davis Environmental Sciences.
My name is Will Davis, I am the principal scientist with Davis Environmental Sciences. I have almost twenty years of expertise in environmental and occupational safety management.
Davis Environmental Services is an [...]